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Psychiatry and Mental Care
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:4.00
Study Course Accepted:20.08.2021 14:05:59
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | LF_070 | LQF level: | Level 5 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Psychiatry | Target Audience: | Medicine | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Liene Preisa | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | RSU Liepāja Branch | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Liepāja, Riņķu Street 24/26, lf rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 63442118, +371 63442119, +371 63484632 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 6 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 12 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 10 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 20 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Knowledge in physiology, anatomy, communication. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To develop an understanding of mental and psychiatric illnesses from a medical, psychological and social perspective in the context of different age groups, to develop practical skills in patient interviews, emergency assistance situations in case of acute psychiatric pathologies. To provide theoretical knowledge on mental care. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | History of psychiatry. Basic principles of communication and ethics in mental health care. Psychotic disorder symptoms and syndromes. Pharmacotherapy and care in psychiatry. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Urgent conditions in psychiatry. Psychotic disorders. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Rehabilitation and social care in psychiatry. Preservation of mental health, prevention of mental and behavioural disorders. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders, patient care. Personality disorders, patient care. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Epilepsy, associated changes in personality, patient care. Intellectual development disorders, patient care. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Affective disorders, patient care. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Schizophrenia and patient care. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Dementia, patient care. Eating disorders, patient care. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Alcohol addiction, signs thereof. Biopsychosocial consequences. Abstinence syndrome. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Laboratory indicators of alcohol addiction. Using different tests to detect addiction. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 11 | Gender differences in psychoactive substance addictions. Foetal development disorders under the influence of psychoactive substances. Lactation disorders under the influence of psychoactive substances. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 12 | Drug addiction, types thereof. Different psychoactive substances. Abstinence syndrome. Biopsychosocial consequences. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 13 | Analysis of studies on alcoholism, drug addiction, impact thereof on the foetus, pregnancy, lactation. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | During the implementation of the study course, work with study materials, study literature, which are discussed in lectures and classes. Skills and abilities are improved in practical classes. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Independent Learning: Report, assessment criteria – relevance of the content of the work to the chosen topic, the student’s independent work, the student’s level of knowledge, assessed by discussing the independent work with the lecturer, the design of the work. 50% At the end of the course – an exam, 50% | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Will describe the aetiopathogenesis, clinic, basic diagnostic and treatment principles of psychiatric and mental illnesses. | ||||||||
| Skills: | The student will be able to evaluate the aetiology, pathogenesis, symptoms, basic principles of diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric diseases and differentiate them according to severity and degree of danger, define them according to the ICD-10 classification. Will demonstrate therapeutic communication skills with patients of different ages with mental illnesses. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Will be able to evaluate and solve case problems related to mental illnesses, differentiate between psychotic disorders, design activities in cases of acute psychiatric pathologies and in crisis situations, and will be able to provide emergency assistance in cases of psychosis. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Brummers M., Enckels H. Bērnu un jauniešu psihoterapija. R.: Jumava, 2011 (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 2 | Kulbergs J. Dinamiskā psihiatrija, R: Jumava, 2001 (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 3 | Lapiņa K. Psihosomātiskās sakarības un mūsdienu cilvēks. R.:SIA Jumi, 2006. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 4 | Medicīniskās aprūpes rokasgrāmata, R: Jumava, 2001 (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 5 | Dexter, Graham, Rokasgrāmata psihiatrijas māsām, R: Jumava, 2006 (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 6 | Seneri A. Narkotikas, R: Egmont, 2000 (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 7 | Utināns A. Cilvēka psihe, R: Nacionālais apgāds, 2005 (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 8 | Cohen A., Farkas M. Psihiatriskā rehabilitācija. Tallina, Raamatutrukikoda, 1998 (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Eglītis I. Vispārīgā psihopatoloģija. Rīga: Zvaigzne, 1982 | ||||||||
| 2 | Eglītis I., Andrēziņa R., Jansons V., Kamjanovs I., Kazlovska G., Psihiatrija ārstiemnepsihiatriem.- Rīga:Zvaigzne, 1985 | ||||||||
| 3 | Šokējošā psihiatrija / [tulk. Gunta Lapiņa]. Rīga : Atvars-S, 2001 | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | http://www.talakizglitiba.lv/programmas/personala-profesion… pacientu aprūpe | ||||||||
| 2 | Slimību profilakses un kontoles centra (SPKC). Veselības aprūpes statistika. Psihiatriskie un uzvedības traucējumi psihoaktīvo vielu lietošanas dēļ. | ||||||||
